Music Publishing & Neighbouring Rights Administrat

About the Client

Our client is a well-established UK-based digital distribution and label services company representing thousands of artists and labels worldwide. As part of their continued growth, they are launching a dedicated Publishing and Neighbouring Rights division to deliver end-to-end rights administration, royalty collection, and income optimisation services.

• Register works and sound recordings with collecting societies and neighbouring rights organisations
• Maintain accurate writer/publisher splits, ISRCs, and metadata
• Process and audit royalty statements, resolving missing, disputed, or conflicting claims
• Manage sync, mechanical, and master use licensing requests, and help build a sync licensing contact network
• Liaise with writers, labels, sub-publishers, and societies to resolve rights queries
• Oversee catalogue ingestion and ongoing metadata management
• Onboard existing clients to the new publishing and neighbouring rights services
• Identify opportunities within the existing client base and support proposals, documentation, and CRM record-keeping
• Contribute ideas to marketing materials and client communications
• Collaborate with the wider team to support growth and service development

• Minimum 3 years' experience in music publishing at a mid or large publisher
• Strong understanding of music copyright, rights collection, and licensing
• Experience working with PRS, MCPS, and ideally international collecting societies
• High level of accuracy and organisation; confident using spreadsheets and royalty systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive and comfortable balancing administrative and client-facing responsibilities

• Experience with You Tube CMS or other rights management tools
• Knowledge of sync licensing, metadata standards, or international sub-publishing
• Background in client onboarding, account management, or sales support within music or rights management

• Competitive salary (£32,000-£45,000 depending on experience)
• 30 days' annual leave, including bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Flexible working (remote or hybrid)
• Opportunity to shape and grow a new publishing & neighbouring rights division
• Long-term career development as the division expands
• A creative, friendly, and forward-thinking team environment